COVID-19 UPDATE (3/30/2020): As more and more green open spaces in our area are having to close due to COVID-19, we wanted to make sure that you know that all five of the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association public preserves (17-Acre Wood, Glennstone, The Rocks, Pearl Mill, and Beaver Marsh) remain open for all at this point. We hope you are able to explore some of them. If you do, please keep at least 6-feet from other trail users so that we can continue to keep the preserves open during the stay-at-home order. We're in this creek together!
The 37 square miles of land that drain into Ellerbe Creek are known as its watershed. Most of this land is in the heart of Durham, North Carolina.
The 37 square miles of land that drain into Ellerbe Creek are known as its watershed. Most of this land is in the heart of Durham, North Carolina.
Who We Are
The Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association is a nonprofit working to restore a healthy, living creek that connects people and nature in Durham. We protected our first six acres in 1999. Since then, we have acquired more than 450 acres, including five nature preserves that we manage for public recreation, water quality, and native plant and habitat restoration.
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How We Work
Imagine a Durham where residents can walk or bike across the watershed, stopping at in-town nature preserves and local businesses along the way. This is ECWA's vision, and through land acquisition, work with the city, and public education, we are getting closer to realizing it every day.
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Visit an Ellerbe Creek Preserve
Beaver Marsh
Located between Club Boulevard and Interstate 85, Beaver Marsh is a beautiful oasis of green in an otherwise highly urbanized environment.
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Glennstone
Glennstone Nature Preserve is an 83-acre woodland with about three miles of walking trails that connect to Falls Lake Game Lands and Ellerbe Creek.
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Pearl Mill
The Pearl Mill Nature Preserve is part of a corridor of wetlands and floodplain woods that surround the East Branch of the South Ellerbe Creek.
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Plan Your Visit
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